It is regrettable that all the world’s supposed best brains cannot comprehend the simple point that in Pakistan’s desire to see non-hostile borders with Afghanistan and India lies the key to building consensus on lasting peace for Afghanistan. Powerful world capitals continue to see this demand as a sinister plot to keep the Taliban in Afghanistan’s power play. It will be interesting to see whether the outcome of the London Conference would depart from this blinkered approach or not. Any bets Talat?

Nothing is as fragile as the male ego and no one more bitter than a man scorned; such cads become genuinely and surprisingly affronted when a woman tries to steer the banter back to the path of most resistance